Amidst the pomp and circumstance of the Daytona 500, some fans and self-professed insiders have become concerned over Fox Sports’ promotion of its new IndyCar broadcast rights. This is, apparently, bad for some reason.
“The IndyCar ads have been impossible to ignore, and there’s been at least three of them”, said Nascar-centric YouTuber ERiPMe. “Meanwhile, Nascar only gets one commercial for the (Daytona) 500—how is that fair? For some reason that just doesn’t sit well with me.”
The Fox Sports portfolio has included Nascar for 24 years now, with coverage of the first third of the Cup Series schedule and the entirety of the Truck Series.
“See, this is proof that Nascar is slipping—or even worse, dead”, said Nascar fan and critic Jimmy Heathcliff. “When a network chooses to promote one racing series over another, that means that Nascar is in real trouble. This is very bad for Nascar, although I can’t really explain why.”
Of note, the entire IndyCar schedule will appear on Fox, which is free and over-the-air, as opposed to Nascar, which will primarily air on FS1 after the first few races.
“They (Fox) are putting the whole IndyCar schedule on Fox, while they put Nascar on FS1? Hoo boy, that’s not good news”, said a fan at this week’s Speedweeks events. “I don’t know why Fox is doing that—maybe it’s just to justify how much they charge cable companies to carry FS1, but it’s probably some other reason I can’t quite define.”
The 2025 Daytona 500 airs live on Fox today at 2:30pm ET after a lengthy pre-race show.
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